Bridgeport saloons to reopen for near beer sale today
Bridgeport saloons plan to reopen for sale of 2.75 per cent beer after a Connecticut Liquor Dealers association meeting in New Haven. Dealers optimistic a demobilization by two months may make prohibition moot, with some selling at a loss for trade. Thomas Flynn, president, said dealers will open while awaiting developments. They argue near beer is non intoxicating and note quiet selling by some. arrests expected for early-week violations as trials proceed. Retailers condemn beer prices by brewers as excessive, barrels priced at 16 to 22 dollars versus 5 to 8 years ago.
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Bridgeport
Connecticut Liquor Dealers Association
New Haven
Mém‘pers
Thomas Flynn
Bridgeport ‘Association of Dealers
Witesimmons
State Liquor Dealers’ ‘Association
Milford Child Dies From Saturday Burns
Five year old Albert Glonest of George Street Milford died at Bridgeport hospital yesterday after sustaining severe burns received while playing with matches Saturday. He died around five o clock yesterday.
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Burns
Albert Glonest
F. George Street
Milford
Bridgeort Hospital
Drowning at Walnut Beach Claims Carlis Fields
Carlis Fields of New Haven drowned while swimming near Walnut Beach yesterday. Life guards Alfred Realff and Joseph Coles tried to reach him before he disappeared, and his body was found in eight feet of water and brought ashore. Dr C K Heady and Medical Examiner L J Pons ruled death by drowning, likely from cramp.
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Carlis Fields
Elizabeth Street
New Haven
Walnut Beach
Alfred Realff
Joseph Coles
C. K. Heady
Milford
Fields
Jennie Moran
Atterson Street
Roxbury
Mass
Frank B. Smith
Long Beach
Smith
L. J. Pons
Devon
Drowning scare at Seaside Park as Galego fights for life
Bernard Galego 28 of 781 Main street dived from a raft into shallow water and was knocked unconscious. He was rescued by Jeremiah Murphy and I M DeChamps of the United States Volunteer Life Saving corps and taken to St Vincent's hospital with a critical spinal injury. Edward Tougeley narrowly escaped drowning after straying beyond safe depth and was rescued by Murphy.
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Seaside Park
United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps
Bernard Galego
Main Street
Jeremiah J. Murphy
I. M. DeChamps
St.Vincent’s Hospital
Edward Tougeley
Lee Avenues
J. J. Murphy
Galego
Murphy
DeChamps
Shower Breaks Heat Wave Over Bridgeport Beaches
A Sunday heat relief swept Bridgeport as showers and a cooling breeze moved in. Beach crowds at Lordship Manor and Seaside and Fairfield parks totaled in the thousands, with 3,500 at Lordship and 10,000 to 12,000 at Fairfield beach enjoying a respite, while surf buoy sights and a government plane attracted onlookers. Two rescues and six first aid treatments by the local Life Saving Corps marked a busy day as storms passed and fair weather was forecast for Tuesday.
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Lordship Manor
Thair
Pacific
Islands
Seaside Park
Baum
Tife Saving Corps
Fairfield Beach
Riots in Florence as mobs seize foods under price cuts
In Florence a violent renewal of rioting over living costs left one dead and seven injured as troops restored order. The mayor and military authorities supervised citywide store sales at new prices with widespread distribution of goods, while shopkeepers in Rome and other cities cut prices to avert further unrest.
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Florence
Italy
Associated Press
Rome
Romagna
Arez- 20
Pisa
Pistoia
Leghorn
Genoa
Milan
Palermo
Organiszaions
Chambers of Labor
Emilia
Athona
Bolornt
Chamber of Labor
Five Council Refuses to Recognize Bela Kun Regime
Paris July 5 The Council of Five met and said it is impossible to make peace with Bela Kun's government in Hungary. The group maintains the blockade as necessary and will not recognize the regime, per the Havas agency report.
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Paris
Council of Five
Bela
Kun
Hungary
Havas
Stowaway Found Aboard British Airship Across Atlantic
In Mineola on July 6 Major Scott reports a real stowaway aboard the British dirigible during its Atlantic voyage. W. W. Ballantine of Cromwell, England, previously a crew member, was discovered to have hidden aboard and will not join the return trip. He may face a formal court martial but likely no severe punishment.
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Mineola
Atlantic
East Fortune
Scott
W. W. Ballantine
Helves
Cromwell
England
Major Scott
Congress Ready 70 Tackles Job
Washington July 6 Members of the Senate and House returned to Washington to reconvene after a week’s Fourth of July recess. President Wilson’s anticipated address on the German peace treaty and Franco American agreement, plus wartime prohibition enforcement measures, loom large for the next fortnight. The treaty and agreement likely go to the foreign relations committee for hearings, with potential executive sessions or testimony from the President. The House plans swift action to arm the government for wartime prohibition enforcement upon convening Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Wilson
House of
Foreign Relations Committee
Ohio board bars Willard Dempsey fight films
Maurice A Hauge chair of the Ohio Board of Moving Picture Censors rejects the Willard Dempsey championship bout pictures. He calls the film human putchery and warns firms showing it in Ohio face 100 to 300 dollar fines and up to two years in jail. Other board members may still vote to permit showing outside Ohio.
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Columbus
Toledo
Maurice A. Hauge
Ohio Board of Moving Picture Censors
Hauge
Ohio
Murray Miller
C. G. Williams
Man 74 Seeks Death After Heat Induced Strain
Bewitt C. Smith, 74, of 170 Hours Avenue, attempted suicide by cutting his throat yesterday afternoon while under extreme heat induced nervous strain. He was transported by ambulance to Bridgeport Hospital. condition not serious.
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Bewitt C. Smith
Avenue
Flo
Bridgeport Hospital
Trial of the Kaiser Divides Public Opinion in London
London reporters survey German sentiment as Kaiser Wilhelm II faces potential extradition. Ex-Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg and Field Marshal von Hindenburg seek responsibility while Prince Eitel Frederick offers to sacrifice brothers to save their father. commentators warn a trial may fuel German nationalism and memory of Kaiserism.
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Robert Welles Ritchie
London
Ikaiser
Lloyd George
Germany
von Bethmann Hollweg
Marshal von Hindenburg
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Berlin
Eitel Frederick
George
William
Tower of London
France
Napoleon
Elba
Wenworthy
Hagua
Geneva
Fractures Skull in Fall From Steps Injures Child
A five year old girl, Angelina Petitti, sustained a fractured skull after falling down three cement steps at her parents home at 685 Barnum Avenue. She was taken to Bridgeport Hospital about 10 pm last night in critical condition. The prognosis appeared grim as doctors treated the head injury.
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J. J. Murphy
Barnum Monument
Vincent Petittl
Barnum Avenue
Angelina Petittl
Bridgeport Hospital
Solonia Arrives With Large Army Contingent at Boston
On July 6 the transport Mongolia from St Nazaire docked in Boston, debarking 141 officers and 4,157 men. Nine army nurses accompanied the party, while no women were listed from the quartermaster general's office at Tours.
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Boston
Mongolia
St. Nazaire
Ywtartermaster General’s Office
Tours
World’s first transatlantic airship completes 3130 nautical mile crossing
Great Britain's airship R-34 arrives at Mineola New York after a 108 hour 12 minute Atlantic voyage from Scotland. Crew exhausted but elated, fuel limited to ninety minutes more, return voyage tentatively set for Tuesday with Navy support on standby.
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Mineola
N. Y
Great Britain
Atlantic
Roosevelt Flying Field
Greenwich
Trinity Bay
N. F
East Fortune
Scotland
Arrival at Mineola: US Officers Surprised by Dirigible Landing
The B-34 dirigible, after a favorable wind, diverted from Montauk to Mineola and landed at Roosevelt Field near Mineola. Major Scott coordinated the landing with a 600-strong naval and army crew, ground crews rigged with ropes and blocks, airship hawsers secured, and the craft safely anchored amid a dramatic descent with parachute jumps and manual guidance.
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Riverhead
Roosevelt Field
Navy Radio Service
Navy
New York
Scott
Montauk Point
Feld
Pritchard
Hoyt
U. S&s
Bow
Eadh
Major Scott Tired But Happy Greets Yanks
Major Scott meets the arriving American troops with a weary smile and a hint of humor in his expression. He appears exhausted yet happy after his fraternal welcome, sporting a beard stubble and a scruffy look, in a scene described as typically British.
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Scott
Yanks
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